Today is Thursday, January 16, 2025
By Angela Kelm
Asst. Athletic Director for Sports Information
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team will host UW-Platteville for the 28th edition of the George Chryst Memorial Bowl Saturday. The game, which is also the Warhawks’ annual Homecoming and Hall of Fame game, is slated for a 1 p.m. kickoff.
IN THE POLLS
UWW: #5 D3football.com (Prev: 5) / #6 American Football Coaches Association (Prev: 6)
UWP: unranked / Receiving votes AFCA
LAST TIME OUT
The Warhawks topped UW-Stout 37-20 last week at Perkins Stadium. UWW scored 24 unanswered points to open up a big lead and never looked back.
Warhawk quarterback Alec Ogden (Marshall, Wis./Monona Grove) had a fantastic game for UWW accounting for 371 yards of offense and four touchdowns – two passing and two rushing. He hit Steven Hein (St. Charles, Ill./North) three times for 103 yards including an 80-yard touchdown strike. Jeff Isotalo-McGuire was perfect in the kicking game going 4-4 for extra points and nailing three field goals – two 30-yarders and another from 33.
The UW-Whitewater defense worked as an entire unit Saturday with 25 Warhawks registering a tackle. Roy Panthier (Elgin, Ill./Elgin), Nehemiah Lomax (Park Forest, Ill./Crete-Monee) and Caden Straka (Lancaster, Wis./Lancaster) all tallied sacks in the game with Straka adding a fumble recovery. In the secondary, Tyson Harvey (Eau Claire, Wis./Memorial) hauled in an interception and had three passes broken up.
UW-Platteville came back from a 14-0 first quarter deficit to score 47 unanswered points and defeat UW-Eau Claire on the road last week. The Pioneers put up nearly 400 yards of offense while holding the Blugolds to just 164.
Three Pioneers saw time behind center with Carl Richardson taking the majority of snaps. He was 21-31 for 220 yards, a pair of touchdowns and one interception. Zackary Bothun carried the ball 19 times for 110 yards to lead the corps of backs. Garrett Stare was Richardson’s top target with five catches including a pair of touchdowns.
UW-Platteville tallied five sacks and 14 tackles for a loss in the game. Tyler Bacon posted three tackles – all for a loss – a sack, a fumble recovery with a return of 20 yards and a pass breakup to lead the Pioneers.
ON THE AIR
Saturday’s game will air live online on the WIAC Network on the UW-Whitewater portal. The contest can be heard on 105.9 FM The Hog in the Whitewater area, or online at www.1059thehog.com.
SERIES
The Warhawks’ series against the Pioneers is the longest standing for UWW against a WIAC opponent. Saturday marks the 115th meeting between the two teams. Since 1995, the annual matchup has been designated the George Chryst Memorial Bowl in honor of UW-Platteville’s legendary coach. UW-Whitewater is 24-3 since the battle of the Miner’s Axe began.
The Whitewater JV Girls’ Swim Team competed at the JV Conference Meet on Tuesday, October 24th. The team left with some best times and new hardware as they finished out their season!
200 Medley Relay – Georgia Esch, Adalynn Frye, Marijose Verduzco, and Zoe Zei – With their solid 8th place finish, they were able to take home some hardware!
200 Freestyle – Adalynn Frye placed 12th overall with a best time of 3:37.06. That’s an 8 second time drop!
50 Freestyle – Zoe Zei placed in the top 16
100 Butterfly – Georgia Esch earned herself an 8th place finish and a best time of 1:48.52.
100 Freestyle – Marijose Verduzco earned herself an 8th place finish and a time of 1:31.61
400 Freestyle – Zoe Zei earned herself an 8th place finish with a best time of 7:06.39. That’s a 15 second time drop in a week’s difference!
200 Freestyle Relay – Georgia Esch, Marijose Verduzco, Zoe Zei, and Adalynn Frye with an 8th place finish.
100 Backstroke – Both swimmers earned themselves a spot in the top 12, Georgia Esch (10th) and Marijose Verduzco (11th).
100 Breaststroke – Adalynn Frye earned herself a spot in the top 16. She had an impressive time drop by 8 seconds with a time of 1:59.13.
We are so proud of the accomplishments our JV swimmers had this season. We cannot wait to see what next season has in store for them!
The Varsity Swim Team is back in the pool on Saturday, October 28th at Delavan-Darien for the Southern Lakes Conference Championship Meet. The meet starts at 11 a.m.; we hope to see you there!
Article and Photos Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org
Top 16 finishes (Top 8 Individual medal & Top 4 Relays medal)
200 Medley Relay
- Georgia Esch, Atreya Wilson, Lucy Davis, Adalynn Frye (11th – 2:42.08)
200 Freestyle
- Makayla Bazeley (1st – 2:00.26)
- Lucy Davis (16th – 2:40.54) *dropped 6 seconds
100 IM
- Charlotte Hajewski (11th – 1:19.08)
- Atreya Wilson (15th – 1:26.57)
50 Freestyle
- Maggie Maas (15th – 30.35)
500 Freestyle
- Emerson Dunham (2nd – 6:05.21)
- Charlotte Hajewski (8th – 6:31.85) *dropped 10 seconds
200 Freestyle Relay
- Makayla Bazeley, Maggie Maas, Charlotte Hajewski, Emerson Dunham (5th – 1:56.69) – Makayla Bazeley’s lead off 50 time improved her Whippet Top 10 to number 6 overall
- Adalynn Frye, Georgia Esch, Payton Peacock, Atreya Wilson (11th – 2:21.97)
100 Backstroke
- Makayla Bazeley (1st – 1:00.06)
100 Breaststroke
- Emerson Dunham (7th – 1:25.06)
400 Freestyle Relay
- Makayla Bazeley, Charlotte Hajewski, Maggie Maas, Emerson Dunham (5th – 4:20.61)
- Atreya Wilson, Georgia Esch, Payton Peacock, Lucy Davis (12th – 5:09.31)
Up next the Whippets head to the Conference Championship Meets. Tuesday, October 24th is JV Conference at Elkhorn, starting at 6 p.m. Saturday, October 28th is Varsity Conference at Delavan-Darien, starting at 11 a.m. Hope to see you there!
Article and Photo Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org
The year was 1996. The Spice Girls were popular, people went to Blockbuster to rent a movie, the Ford Fiesta was the most popular vehicle on the road, and 16% of homes owned a cell phone. It also happens to be the last time that Whitewater had both a girls’ and boys’ cross country team qualify for state in the same year. We can now add 2023 to that historical data. The boys’ and girls’ CC teams raced with passion and a purpose at the WIAA Sectional race held at UW-Parkside on Saturday, October 21st.
The boys raced first with cool temps, and calm winds, on a soft and muddy course. They quickly put people on notice that they were not messing around. With 4 runners in the top 10, their Whippet red jerseys were flying at the front of the race. Jack Hefty took an early lead, gapping the field within 600 meters and never looked back. His role was to secure one point for the team and he did just that by crossing the line first in 17:13 to claim his first sectional cross country title. Nate Holden held a top five position throughout the race and gutted his way to a fourth place finish with a time of 17:47. Miles Nickelsburg ran with the confidence of being surrounded by teammates and flourished in 7th place with a time of 17:52. Xavier Zei floated along and secured a top 10 finish by stopping the clock in 18:16. With such a strong tone set by the top four guys, Onyx Thompson was feeling ice in his veins and felt the energy from his teammates crushing it up front and ran a lifetime best as the team’s fifth runner, placing 25th overall to seal the team scoring. Quincy Boudreau was just 22 seconds off his lifetime best on this grueling course and placed 40th with a time of 19:49. Andrew O’Toole battled his way through the course to finish in 62nd with a time of 21:42. The final team scores showed Whitewater had won a sectional title with a team total of 47 points, with the next closest team being conference foe Clinton, with 74. That margin was a mere five points at the RVC meet a week earlier. The last time just the boys’ team had qualified for state was 2007.
The girls were in for a fight in their race as well. Mady Hefty was back on the starting line after missing conference and was not going to be denied the chance to compete at state. Battling through her recent setback, she paced the team by placing fifth overall with a time of 21:54, which would have guaranteed her a spot at state regardless of how the team performed. However, it was the team that shined the most on this day. Like the boys, Mady set the tone up front while Athena Soto and Nola Coburn weren’t far from her. Athena kept inching her way up place by place and was able to take 6th overall, 12 seconds back from Mady in 22:06. Nola Coburn looked fantastic and took 8th overall to wrap up a great 1-2-3 punch. Nola’s time was 22:29. Carley Boudreau gave the race all the grit she had and placed 20th with a time of 23:36. Ema Aranda was all guts as she not only ran a lifetime best time on this challenging course and conditions, but she did so after taking a fall. She continued to race with bloodied knees to a 25th place finish to seal the scoring runners with a time of 24:17. Ema’s sister Bella was the next Whippet across the line in 37th with a time of 25:57. Silvia Harris wrapped up the day for the Whippets with a 41st place showing and an overall time of 26:35. When the team scores were tabulated, Clinton came out on top with a score of 31 and Whitewater was second just ahead of a tough Jefferson team to take the final team qualifying spot. Whitewater scored 57 to Jefferson’s 69. The last time the girls’ team qualified for state was 2015.
The teams will now prepare for the WIAA Division 2 State Meet in Wisconsin Rapids at The Ridges Golf Course which will be held on Saturday, October 28th. The boys will race first at 12:35 and the girls will race at 2:25. For all the WIAA State Meet Information, visit: https://www.wiaawi.org/Sports/Fall/Girls-Cross-Country/Tournament
BOYS’ RESULTS: https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Cross_Country/2023/racinesectionalb.htm
GIRLS’ RESULTS:
https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Cross_Country/2023/racinesectionalg.htm
Article and Photos Submitted by Chad Carstens
Whitewater High School Head Cross Country Coachccarstens@wwusd.org
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